TRANSFER STATION Synonyms: 13 Similar Words

transfer station

noun

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as in kitchen midden

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Recent Examples of transfer station Two months after state officials announced plans to shutter a local transfer station in Torrington, Senate lawmakers on Tuesday voted to advance legislation aimed at keeping the facility operating and under public control. — John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 29 Apr. 2026 Platforms at a train transfer station became jammed with passengers unable to get space on trains. — Philip Marcelo, Fortune, 18 Apr. 2026 The system sees this, and their 15 individual cars pull off to a transfer station at the side of the road, where a 15 person van is waiting. — Brad Templeton, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2026 The Gateway station was designed to serve as both a research platform and a transfer station that astronauts would use to board the moon landers before descending to the lunar surface, Reuters reported. — Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 25 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for transfer station

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The law banned putting yard waste — roughly one-fifth of municipal wastes — in sanitary landfills in 1990 and obliged local governments to recycle.

— Adam Harrington, CBS News, 7 Jan. 2026
Fiji has more than 330 islands, one sanitary landfill, and two municipal dumps.

— By Aryn Baker/Lautoka, Fiji , TIME, 3 July 2024

Definition of sanitary landfill

Noun

Skipping out on routine maintenance could directly impact your car's lifespan and send it to the junkyard prematurely.

— Charles Singh, USA Today, 29 July 2026
The raunchy stand-up comedian made his unexpected TV debut playing a junkyard and salvage business proprietor prone to get-rich-quick schemes and faking heart attacks.

— Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 17 July 2026

Definition of junkyard

Noun

While Betamax was considered the superior technology, it’s been relegated to the dustbin of history.

— Jason Ma, Fortune, 27 July 2026
Once a week or more often, turn the device over to check it, paying attention to the opening that leads from the roller compartment to the dustbin compartment to make sure there’s no dirt or debris lodged there.

— BestReviews, Mercury News, 20 July 2026

Definition of dustbin

Noun

The Granada cemetery and midden, a discard mound, extended to some 25 acres originally.

— Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 30 June 2026
But this is the first time archaeologists have actually unearthed a midden with evidence that people added to it regularly for so many generations.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 18 May 2026

Definition of midden

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